Cigar-box



(No Model.)

W. P. BOLLENBACHER.

GIGAR BOX.

UNITED STATES WILLIAM P. EoLLENBAcHEE,

PATENT OFFICE.

OF BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA.

ClGAR-BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 371,026, dated October 4, 1887.

Application tiled February S24, 1887. Serial No. 223,687.

(No model.)

.To @ZZ whom it may concern.:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM I. BoLLEN- BACHEE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bloomington, in the count-y of Monroe and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigar-Boxes; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thc same.

My'invention relates to an improvement in cigar-boxes, and particularly to that class in which Inoisture or fragrance is imparted to the cigars; and it consists in the features of construction which will be fully hereinafter de scribed, and pointed out in the claim.

The object of my invention is to provide a .cigar-box that is novel in form, simple in construction, and convenient to handle, and one which Will impart to the cigars fragrance or the necessary moisture to retain them in good condition for smoking. This object I aecomplish by the construction and arrangement of the parts illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which the same letters aud iigures of reference indicate the same parts, and in which- Figure 1 represents a frontperspective view of my improved cigarbox, showing` the lids and the flap raised andthe moisture-chamber in the rear of said box. Fig. 2 also shows a front perspective View of my improved cigarbox With the lids closed and the handle projecting from the rear Wall.

In the drawings, A represents the entire box, consisting of the bottom I, the short, straight rear wall 2, the forwardly-daring side walls,3 3, the elongated audcurved front wall, 4, the lids 5 5, and the handle 6, the general contour of said box being fanshaped. The iixed parts of the box are secured together in the usual manner,and thelids are also suitably secured for opening and closing, as usual.

Suitably secured to the side walls, at the rear end of the box and in front of the rear wall,is a curved plate or strip, 7, of perforated tin, wire-gauze, paper, or otherlike material, which, together with the said rear wall and bottom of the box, forms a chamber for sponge or other absorbent material for containing water or suitable extracts for imparting moisture or vfragrance to the cigars, as may be desired.

Attached to the rear wall of the box and adapted to tit over the moisture-chamber is a cover or flap, 8, which is formed of paper, cloth, oil-silk, or other suitable or desirable material, and is intended to cover the absorbent material from the view of `the purchaser and prevent the upward escape of the moisture of the water or the aroma of the extract.

The cigars are to be placed in the box with their closed or smaller ends against the perforated moisture-chamber, which not only prevents them from receiving too much moisture, but, in connection with the shape of the box, displays them under attractive arrangement. The object of providing the box with two lids is that it is sometimes desirable to expose only onehalf of the cigars at a time (as when they are in bundles) to the air or the consumer; also, it is more convenient to open either or both of said lids than it is to open a single lid which covers au entire box. rllhe handle affords a convenient means for moving the box from place to place. A small bottle of extract may be supplied with each box of cigars for keeping them suitably moistened and flavored. I

I am aware that theprovisiou of cigar-boxes and analogous structures' with moistening devices is not new; also, that cigar-boxes have been provided with handles; but I am not aware that a cigar-box having my peculiar form and construction and arrangement of part-s has hitherto been invented or produced.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new is- The herein-described fan-shaped cigar-box A, comprising the bottom 1,the short straight rear'wall, 2, the forwardly-Haring side walls, 3

43, the elongated and curved front wall, 4, the

the lids 5 5, the handle (E, the perforated strip 7, and the flap 8, the two latter, together with said rear wall and bottom, forming a moisture or fragrance chamber, substantially as described.

In testimony whereofIafiix my signatureiu presence of two witnesses.

SAML. M. BoLLENBAoIIER, LEN. L. VIIETSILL. 

